IN THE TRADITION OF "WIDE SARGASSO SEA," "HAVISHAM" IS THE
ASTONISHING PRELUDE TO CHARLES DICKENS'S "GREAT
EXPECTATIONS."
Before she became the immortal and haunting Miss Havisham of "Great
Expectations," she was Catherine, a young woman with all of her
dreams ahead of her. Spry, imperious, she is the daughter of a
wealthy brewer. But she is never far from the smell of hops and the
arresting letters on the brewhouse wall--HAVISHAM--a reminder of
all she owes to the family name and the family business.
Sent by her father to stay with the Chadwycks, Catherine
discovers elegant pastimes to remove the taint of her family's new
money. But for all her growing sophistication, Catherine is
anything but worldly, and when a charismatic stranger pays her
attention, everything--her heart, her future, the very Havisham
name--is vulnerable.
In "Havisham," Ronald Frame unfurls the psychological trauma
that made young Catherine into Miss Havisham and cursed her to a
life alone, roaming the halls of the mansion in the tatters of the
dress she wore for the wedding she was never to have.
A "Kirkus Reviews "Best Fiction Book of 2013
General
Imprint: |
Macmillan Audio
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
February 2014 |
First published: |
February 2014 |
Authors: |
Ronald Frame
|
Readers: |
Sophie Ward
|
Dimensions: |
150 x 132 x 28mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Standard format
|
Disks: |
8 |
Running time: |
600 minutes |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-4272-5162-6 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
Genre fiction >
Historical fiction
|
LSN: |
1-4272-5162-2 |
Barcode: |
9781427251626 |
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